#adiba jagirdar

[world-of-wales]

Okay I’m obsessed with the enemies to lovers and marriage of convenience/arranged marriage/ fake dating trope

Recommendations please 🙏

Here you go anon, sorry it took me some time to answer this. I had to open my laptop to get my book lists. A lot of the books have overlapping tropes. If you want any other recs just send me a msg ♡

And most of these are okay and Clean books but a lot of them come with heavy stuff so please check your triggers before you dive into them.

ENEMIES TO LOVERS -

RWRB (Coz that started the whole boom Conversation) - Casey McQuiston

Serpent & Dove - Shelby Mahurim

Dance of Thieves - Mary E Pearson

Spanish Love Deception - Elena Armas

5 Rounds - Nikki Castle

Brutal Prince - Sophie Lark

To Hate Adam Connor - Ella Maise

Taste - Melanie Harlow

Eleanor & Grey (not exactly enemies to lovers but he's very grumpy and closed off) - Brittany C Cherry

From Lukov with Love - Mariana Zapaata

By a Thread - Lucy Score

Twisted Hate - Anna Huang

Until I get you - Claire Conttreras

Weak Side - SJ Sylvis

Grumpy Romance - Nia Arthurs

Rogue - Greer Rivers

The Summer We Fell - Elizabeth O Rourke

Beauty and the Baller - Isla Madden Mills

Things We never got over - Lucy Score

Mafia Royals (A LOT OF THEM) - Rachel Van Dyken

Heart Song Duet - Jennifer Hartmann

Crow - A Zaverelli

ARRANGED MARRAIGE / MARRAIGE OF CONVENIENCE -

Marraige for one - Ellas Maise

The Windsor Series (ongoing, 3 books out) - Catharina Maura

Terms and Conditions - Lauren Asher

The Penalty Box - Odette Stone

The Buff - Devney Perry

To Love Jason Thorn - Ella Maise

The Wall of Winnipeg - Mariana Zapaata

King of Wrath - Anna Huang

Forever after all - Catharina Maura

Twisted - Emily McIntyre

Fake Empire - CW Farnsworth (or Swansworth)

Sinners Anonymous - Somme Sketcher

First 3 books of Filthy Rich Americans Series - Nikki Sloane

Dark Succession - Katee Robert

Marraige Effect - Karla Sorenson

Beautifully Broken Redemption - Catherien Cowles

Duchess Deal - Tessa Dare

FAKE DATING -

The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood

The Cheat Sheet - Sarah Adams

Fix Her Up - Tessa Bailey

Addicted to You - Krista & Becca Richie

Hani and Ishu's guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jagirdar

Redeemed - Lauren Asher

The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang

Overruled - Emma Chase

Play Fake - Maggie Rawdon

That Kind of Guy - Stephanie Archer

The Bodyguard - Katherine Center

The Boyfriend Candidate - Ashley Winstead

First Down - Grace Reilly

The Real Deal - Lauren Blakeley

Happy Place - Emily Henry

Foxe and the Hound - RS Grey

My Life in Shambles - Karina Halle

Twisted Lies - Ana Huang

Blind Side - Kandi Stiener

The Deal + The Risk - Elle Kennedy

Boyfriend Material - Alexis Mall

Faking with Benefits - Lily Gold

The Upside of Falling - Alex Light

Unfortunately Yours - Tessa Bailey

#ash's asks #anons #reading corner

[venka]

@storyseekers event 11 : travel — the henna wars for @lukejulies   

like everything in the world has fallen away to make space for this moment, for the rhythmic breathing of the two of us, side by side. despite the cold, the rain, and the damp, the warmth of flávia’s body is a palpitating thing next to me. the heat of her is stronger than any irish sun.

#litedit #yalitedit #thwedit #the henna wars #litofcoloredit #litsociety #adiba jagirdar #userdevya #usercossette #tuserisha #usermaira #tusermelissa #userdess #useranniek #usersari #*mine #i hope u like it!

[emo-persephone]

I read The Henna Wars by Adiba Jagirdar today and is this how cishet white men feel all the time???? a book about a queer desi girl is all I've ever needed tbh. if I see someone saying representation doesn't matter I *will* be throwing hands.

#the henna wars #i love the book SO MUCH #also bc i can actually fucking relate to it #it actually felt real enough #bc almost all books are set in white households and straight men #it also covers cultural appropriation in a great way

[daarchini]

6, 11, and 16 for the end of year book ask game!

thank you for the ask!! 💕💕 (answers under the cut)

6. was there anything you meant to read but never got around to?

11. what was your favorite book that has been out for a while but you just now read?

16. what is the most over-hyped book you read this year?

6. was there anything you meant to read but never got around to?

aaaa probably the henna wars by adiba jagirdar and on earth we're briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong

11. what was your favorite book that has been out for a while but you just now read?

sabriel by garth nix!!! ive been meaning to read this book since like fifth grade but never did?? and then i read it after buying from a bargain bookshop earlier this year and fell in love 💓🥺

16. what is the most over-hyped book you read this year?

okay so it's not really a recent release or anything, but simon vs. the homosapiens agenda by becky albertalli. it was okay! it was cute!! but i didn't really find it super memorable or profound. like the book was kinda marketed as this really revolutionary & emotional narrative for queer teens everwhere, and although i enjoyed reading it, i just didn't resonate with it on such a personal level.

thank u again for the ask!! also just gonna put here,, if u have an account let's be friends on goodreads!!

#answered #makingshortstorieslong #📚✨

[elwinged]

hi eta! this is your storyseekers anon and my recommendation is the henna wars by adiba jagirdar. i noticed that it was on your tbr on your goodreads, and it's an contemporary lgbtq+ romance set in ireland! the tw's are instances of racism (cultural appropriation and otherwise), homophobia, bullying, and a character being outed. i hope that you enjoy the book and have a wonderful rest of your weekend!!

heya anon!! the henna wars has been on my tbr for agess so thanks for the push :) thank you, and back at you <3

#asks #answered #mutuals #ss anon.

[venka]

favorite line out of every book you’ve ever read?

okay so if i did every single book i’ve read i would be here all night so i’m just gonna do the books i’ve rated five stars on goodreads

crooked kingdom, leigh bardugo

but what about the rest of us? what about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? we learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. we learn to wring magic from the ordinary. that was how you survived when you weren’t chosen, when there was no royal blood in your veins. when the world owed you nothing, you demanded something of it anyway.

the poppy war, r.f. kuang

war doesn't determine who's right. war determines who remains.

the dragon republic, r.f. kuang

but eventually, you'll have to ask yourself precisely what you're fighting for. and you'll have to find a reason to live past vengeance.

catching fire, suzanne collins

you know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.

born a crime, trevor noah

we tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.

percy jackson and the last olympian, rick riordan

the world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, taylor jenkins reid

you do not know how fast you have been running, how hard you have been working, how truly exhausted you are, until somewhat stands behind you and says, “it’s ok, you can fall down now. i’ll catch you.”

the henna wars by adiba jagirdar

“doctor, teacher, engineer, our nishat could be anything she wants to be,” abbu says, clapping me on the back proudly. it's the most he's said to me in weeks, but there's a plasticity to his smile, a solemness to his voice. nishat can be anything she wants to be, except herself.

the alice network by kate quinn

hope was such a painful thing, far more painful than rage.

#words #anonymous #asks